Bart vs. Thanksgiving

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The Simpsons episode
"Bart vs. Thanksgiving"
Bart argues with Lisa over the turkey, arguing that she should remove her centerpiece to make way for it
Episode no. 20
Prod. code 7F07
Orig. airdate November 22, 1990
Show runner(s) James L. Brooks
Matt Groening
Sam Simon
Written by George Meyer
Directed by David Silverman
Chalkboard "I will not do that thing with my tongue."
Couch gag The family finds Grampa on the couch.
Guest star(s) Greg Berg as Rory the bum.
DVD
commentary		 Matt Groening
James L. Brooks
George Meyer
Al Jean
Mike Reiss
David Silverman
Season 2
October 11, 1990 – July 11, 1991
  1. "Bart Gets an F"
  2. "Simpson and Delilah"
  3. "Treehouse of Horror"
  4. "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"
  5. "Dancin' Homer"
  6. "Dead Putting Society"
  7. "Bart vs. Thanksgiving"
  8. "Bart the Daredevil"
  9. "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
  10. "Bart Gets Hit by a Car"
  11. "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"
  12. "The Way We Was"
  13. "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"
  14. "Principal Charming"
  15. "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
  16. "Bart's Dog Gets an F"
  17. "Old Money"
  18. "Brush with Greatness"
  19. "Lisa's Substitute"
  20. "The War of the Simpsons"
  21. "Three Men and a Comic Book"
  22. "Blood Feud"
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"Bart vs. Thanksgiving" is the seventh episode of The Simpsons' second season. The episode aired on November 22, 1990.

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[edit] Plot

It is Thanksgiving, and Lisa has made a centerpiece for the dinner table. But when Bart brings in the turkey he complains that it is taking up too much room. After a short fight the centerpiece ends up burning in the fireplace and Lisa runs to her room in tears. Bart is sent to his room by Homer and Marge, they also tell him he has ruined Thanksgiving.

Convinced he has not done anything wrong, Bart decides to run away. In order to get some money for food he donates some blood plasma and passes out. Two hobos then take him to a soup kitchen. Kent Brockman interviews him on live TV and the family, seeing the report, call the police.

Bart returns to the house feeling remorseful and decides to climb onto the roof. He hears Lisa in her room crying and calls for her to come onto the roof. Lisa asks him to look deep down inside himself to see if he feels bad for what he had done. Bart thinks to himself that this is a stupid idea but after thinking about it further he realizes he does indeed feel bad. He apologizes to Lisa and he rejoins the family to enjoy a dinner of leftovers.

[edit] Debut appearances

Characters making a first appearance in this episode are:

[edit] Cultural references

  • Homer and Bart watch Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. They talk about the Helium balloons modeled after Bullwinkle and Underdog.
  • 'The Simpsons is self-referenced when Homer tells Bart that if the parade "turned every flash-in-pan cartoon character into a balloon, it will be a farce", the TV shows a giant balloon of Bart. Not coincidentally, 1990 was the year the Bart Simpson balloon was added to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
  • Mr. Burns lives on the corner of Croesus and Mammon, two symbols of wealth.
  • When Bart is discovered attempting to steal a pie from the window sill, one of the guards at Burns's mansion is reading Les Misérables, in which the main character is imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread after breaking a window.
  • Kent Brockman references Emmett Kelly, the Charlie Chaplin character the Tramp and the Red Skelton character Freddy the Freeloader.
  • The music Bart sings when he brings the turkey to the table is the music heard in the 20th Century Fox opening.
  • The poem Lisa is seen writing in her room is a direct parody of the first lines of Allen Ginsberg's most famous poem, Howl.
  • When Bart is on the roof, there are lots of toys on the roof. In the scene where the house is destroyed in The Simpsons Movie, you can briefly see the toys from this episode on the roof.
  • The song playing during the super bowl half-time show is titled "Get Dancing" by Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes

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